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Title Healthy longevity : a global approach.

Imprint New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2013.

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Series Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; vol. 33
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; vol. 33.
Note Print version cataloged as a continuing resource by Library of Congress.
Contents Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Healthy Longevity, A Global Approach; Half Title Page; Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Volume Editors; Contributors; Previous Volumes in the Series; Forthcoming Volume in the Series; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART 1: How Healthy Are the Longest Lived?; 1 The Oldest Old: Health in Europe and the United States; Abstract; Introduction; International Differences in Life Expectancy Among the Oldest Old; International Differences in Health Among the Oldest Child; Data; Results; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References.
2 Age Trajectory of High Cognitive FunctioningAmong the Oldest OldAbstract; Introduction; Cognitive Functioning; Methodological Challenges; Conclusion and Future Direction; References; 3 Malleability of Human Aging: The Curious Case ofOld-Age Mortality in Japan; Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; References; 4 Quality of Health Care: Approaches and Findings Fromthe English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Abstract; Introduction; What Is Good Quality of Care?; How Good is the Health Care of Older People in English Longitudinal Study of Ageing?
Future Challenges-Understanding Why Effective Care is Not Always DeliveredConclusions; References; 5 The Semantic Network of Aging Well; Abstract; Introduction; Brief History of the Aging Well Semantic Network; The Lay Concept of Aging Well; Some Problematic Issues on the Concept of Aging Well; Do Different Labels for Aging Well Mean the Same?; Conclusions; References; 6 A New Concept of Successful Aging in the Oldest Old: Development of Gerotranscendence and Its Influence onthe Psychological Well-Being; Abstract; Introduction; Models of Successful Aging.
Successful Aging in Centenarians and the Oldest OldDevelopment of the Japanese Version of the Gerotranscendence Scale with New Concept; Age Difference in Gerotranscendence and It's Influence on Psychological Health-Finding from the Sonic Study; Conclusion; Ackowledgement; References; PART 2: What Drives Healthy Longevity?; 7 Optimizing Human Health Span and Life Span:Insights From Okinawa and Hawaii; Abstract; Introduction; What Can We Realistically Accomplish in the Field of Healthy Aging?; The Evidence is Emerging; The Healthy Aging Paradigm in Okinawa and Hawaii: Alive and Well?
Healhty Aging anf Longevity in OkinawaHealthy Aging and Longevinity in Hawaii; Trends in Research on HUman Health Span and Life Span: From Genes Versus Environment to Genes and Environment; Getting to the Core of Human Health Span; Acknowledgements; Dedication; References; 8 Mobility in Human Aging: A MultidisciplinaryLife Span Conceptual Framework; Abstract; Maintaining Mobility in Late Life: A Unifying Concept in Gerontology; Conclusions; References; 9 Physical and Biological Indicators of Health andFunctioning in U.S. Oldest Old; Abstract; Introduction; Background; Data and Methods.
Note Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Mar. 21, 2013).
Subject Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
Longevity -- Cross-cultural studies.
Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies.
Longévité -- Études transculturelles.
Qualité de la vie -- Études transculturelles.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
Aging
Longevity
Quality of life
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Added Author Robine, Jean-Marie.
Jagger, Carol.
Crimmins, Eileen.
Other Form: Print version: Robine, Jean-Marie. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 33, 2013 : Healthy Longevity. New York : Springer Publishing Company, ©2013 9780826109941
ISBN 9780826109958 (electronic bk.)
0826109950 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000050859251
DEBBG BV043039123
DEBSZ 421274433
GBVCP 804573409

 
    
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